{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-28/westinghouse-ap1000-feed-study-slovakia","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-28/westinghouse-ap1000-feed-study-slovakia.md","title":"Westinghouse Starts AP1000 Study at Slovakia's Bohunice","headline":"Westinghouse Launches Six-Month AP1000 Study for Slovakia's Jaslovské Bohunice Plant","description":"Westinghouse began a six-month FEED study for one AP1000 reactor at Jaslovské Bohunice, partly funded by a U.S. State Department FIRST Program grant.","section":"Contracts & Customers","published_at":"2026-10-28T19:14:47+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-28T19:14:47+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Westinghouse launched a six-month Front-End Engineering and Design study for one AP1000 reactor at Jaslovské Bohunice in Slovakia.","The study is funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of State's FIRST Program and is conducted for JESS, a JAVYS subsidiary.","JESS CEO Tomáš Vavruška said the study will give the company a preliminary schedule and budget for deciding next steps."],"companies":[{"name":"Westinghouse Electric Company","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000osk/westinghouse-electric-company","website":"http://www.westinghousenuclear.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"Business Wire","title":"Westinghouse Awarded Front-End Engineering and Design Study in Slovakia","url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261028882701/en/"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Contracts & Customers","Westinghouse Electric Company"],"body_markdown":"Westinghouse Electric Company has launched a six-month Front-End Engineering and Design study for one AP1000 reactor at the Jaslovské Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant in Slovakia, funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of State's FIRST Program. [Business Wire](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261028882701/en/) reported the study on October 28, 2026.\n\n## Inside the Jaslovské Bohunice FEED Study\n\n[Westinghouse](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000osk/westinghouse-electric-company) is conducting the work for Jadrová energetická spoločnosť Slovenska (JESS), a wholly owned subsidiary of state-owned Jadrová a vyraďovacia spoločnosť (JAVYS), which is responsible for developing Slovakia's new nuclear plant. The study covers engineering, licensing and project planning for the site.\n\n\"The start of work on the FEED study marks a significant milestone for JESS and brings the preparation of the new nuclear power plant in Jaslovské Bohunice one step closer to implementation,\" said Tomáš Vavruška, CEO of JESS. He said the results will give JESS a preliminary schedule and budget and an important basis for deciding the project's next steps.\n\nPetr Brzezina, President of Westinghouse Czech and Slovakia, thanked the Slovak and U.S. governments for their cooperation on civil nuclear power and for U.S. support in leading the FEED financing. Westinghouse says the AP1000 is the only operating Generation III+ reactor with fully passive safety systems, modular construction and the smallest footprint per MWe among large-scale reactors. Six AP1000 reactors operate worldwide, with 14 more under construction and a few in contractual phases, and the technology has been selected for programs in Poland, Bulgaria and Ukraine.\n\n## Westinghouse's Reactor Pipeline in Numbers\n\nAccording to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Westinghouse is a privately held U.S. nuclear technology company owned by Brookfield (51%) and Cameco (49%), with an estimated $1 billion-$5 billion in revenue and $1.6 billion in total funding. The same records list six funding rounds, including a December 2025 grant led by the U.S. Department of Energy and a December 2024 debt-funded round of $1.4 billion led by Export Development Canada. The records also note a partnership with the U.S. Government, Brookfield and Cameco committing at least $80 billion to build new Westinghouse reactors in the United States.\n\n## Earlier AP1000 Approvals and Orders\n\nOn October 14, 2026, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission updated the certification for Westinghouse's AP1000 reactor design, incorporating lessons from Vogtle Units 3 and 4, with the certification extending through 2066, Seeking Alpha reported. On October 12, 2026, American City Business Journals reported that Westinghouse and Poland are moving forward with a $48 billion nuclear plant at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site, where the AP1000 reactor will generate 3.7 gigawatts once operations begin in 2036. On September 29, 2026, PRESSBEE reported that Bechtel and Westinghouse signed an EPC contract for Poland's first nuclear plant in Choczewo, with three AP1000 units generating 3,750 MWe and generation starting in 2036.\n\n## What Comes After the Six-Month Study\n\nJESS said the study's results will provide the basis for deciding the project's next steps, including a preliminary schedule and budget for the Jaslovské Bohunice site.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}